Posterior fossa craniotomy: technical report
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Posterior fossa craniotomy. Technical report.
The use of craniotomy to approach supratentorial lesions is quite well established in the literature. The use of craniotomy for posterior fossa approaches, however, is not well described. The aim of this article is to describe the technical aspects of this approach and to delineate the important landmarks. In our cases, posterior fossa craniotomies have been utilized for treat different patholo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2000000100026